[Via Satellite 12-24-2015] The supervisory board of OHB System AG, a subsidiary of OHB SE, has appointed Guy Perez to its management board as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and head of the company’s telecommunication satellite unit, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Perez has more than 30 years of experience in the satellite industry, having started as a satellite lead engineer in Aerospatiale and later holding numerous technical, program management and executive positions at companies such as Alcatel Space Industries, Alcatel Alenia Space, Thales Alenia Space, Thales International and Omnisys. He joined OHB in 2014. OHB cited the need to distribute a broader range of duties across a larger number of management board members in response to the company’s strong growth in recent years.